"for 2009, recouping its $10 million budget, and making it a box office success. ""Precious"" received six Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture, at the 82nd Academy Awards. Geoffrey Fletcher won for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the first African-American to win a sceenplay award at the Oscars. Mo'Nique won the award for Best Supporting Actress, for which she received a standing ovation at the ceremony, along with numerous other accolades. In 1987, 16-year-old Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City with her unemployed mother, Mary (Mo'Nique), who has long subjected her to physical,"
"account of a young woman growing up in a cycle of incest and abuse. A film based on her novel premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. It was renamed ""Precious"" to avoid confusion with the 2009 action film ""Push"". The cast included Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, who won the Academy Award for her portrayal of Precious' mother Mary, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz. Sapphire herself appears briefly in the film as a daycare worker. In 2011, she released ""The Kid"", a semi-sequel to ""Push"", which Sapphire admits part of the reason she decided to continue the story was"
"Precious (film) Precious: Base on Nol by Saf (Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire), or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. The script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel ""Push"" by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. This film marked the acting debut of Sidibe who portrays a young woman struggling against poverty and abuse. The film, then without a distributor, premiered to acclaim at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, under its original"
"Film Festival, receiving top honors there. In January 2010, Carey won the Breakthrough Actress Performance Award for her role in ""Precious"" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. For the film's soundtrack, Carey recorded a track titled ""100%"", which was later released as a promotional single from the ""AT&T U.S. Winter Olympics"" soundtrack on February 9, 2010, to raise money for the U.S. Olympics Team. The R&B ballad contains elements of gospel music, and was written by Carey, while Crystal Johnson, Jermaine Dupri, and Bryan-Michael Cox produced and wrote additional lyrics to the track. The singer's vocal range spans from"
"of Manhattan Community College, and attended but did not graduate from City College of New York and Mercy College. She worked at The Fresh Air Fund's office as a receptionist before she went on to pursue a career in acting. In ""Precious"", Sidibe played the main character, Claireece ""Precious"" Jones, a 16-year-old mother of two (the result of Precious being raped by her own father) who tries to escape abuse at the hands of her mother. The film won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award. On December 15, 2009,"
"Awards: The film for Best Picture, Viola Davis for Best Actress, and Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer won the Oscar for her role. Participant executives said in October 2011 that the studio would expand its production to make seven to twelve films a year, would begin producing features and series for television, and expand its online presence. As part of this plan, in November the studio hired advertising executive Chad Boettcher to be executive vice president for social action and advocacy and 20th Century Fox executive Gary Frenkel to be senior vice president for digital"
"Stephanie Andujar Stephanie Andujar (born July 15, 1986) is an American actress, director, producer, singer and songwriter starring in theatre performances from ""The Wiz"", ""The Crucible"", and ""The Good Woman of Setzuan"". Her film career includes the Academy Award-winning film ""Precious"" (2009), ""Pariah"" (2011), ""See Girl Run"" (2012), ""Babygirl"" (2013), ""A Walk Among the Tombstones"" (2014), and the film ""Marjorie Prime"" (2017). Her television career includes NBC’s """" (2007), nurse drama ""Mercy"" (2010), and ""Blindspot"" (2015). Andujar received praise for her performance in ""Orange is the New Black"" Season 2 (2014) as young Miss Rosa. Andujar was born in Manhattan,"
"with Amnesty International’s Artist of Conscience Award given to those who have displayed longstanding philanthropic and humanist efforts. Sorvino has been a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, since 2009 through 2012, and has lobbied Congress to abolish human trafficking in Darfur. Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's ""Mighty Aphrodite"" (1995). She also starred in the films ""Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"" (1997), ""Mimic"" (1997), ""Lulu on the Bridge"" (1998), ""The Replacement"
"million at the box office to become Chastain's most widely seen film to that point. Manohla Dargis of ""The New York Times"" praised the chemistry between Chastain and Spencer, and Roger Ebert commended her for being ""unaffected and infectious"". The ensemble of ""The Help"" won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast and Chastain received her first Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category, in addition to BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG nominations in the same category, all of which she lost to Spencer. Chastain's final two roles of the year were in ""Wilde Salomé"", a documentary based"
"Supporting Actress for her performance in ""A Passage to India"", making her the oldest winner in that category. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and Stevie Wonder won for their respective work on ""Purple Rain"" and ""The Woman in Red"". Additionally, it was the only time that all five nominees in Best Original Song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. One of the more notable gaffes in Oscar history occurred during the ceremony. Presenting the Best Picture award, Sir Laurence Olivier forgot to list the nominees and simply tore open"
"the Best Actress category for her lead (or supporting) role in ""Hud"". The movie also won for Best Supporting Actor for Melvyn Douglas and Best Cinematography – Black and White. It was the second and, to date, last film to win two acting awards without being nominated for Best Picture (the other being ""The Miracle Worker""). At age 71 Margaret Rutherford set a then record for the oldest winner for Best Supporting Actress. Coincidentally, the year before Patty Duke set a then record for the youngest winner ever. Rutherford was also only the 2nd Oscar winner to be over the"
"the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, it won four Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress in a Drama (MacLaine), Best Supporting Actor (Nicholson), and Best Screenplay (Brooks). Widowed Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) keeps several suitors at arm's length, focusing instead on her close, but controlling, relationship with daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Anxious to escape her mother, Emma marries young college professor Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) over her mother's objections, moves away, and has three children. Despite their frequent spats and difficulty getting along, Emma and Aurora have a tie between them that cannot be"
"Precious (Annie Lennox song) ""Precious"" is a song by Annie Lennox. It was released as the second single from her debut solo album, ""Diva"", in 1992 and peaked at number 23 in the UK. The B-side, Step by Step, was later covered by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of her 1996 film, ""The Preacher's Wife"", and became a top 10 hit. This track is unrelated to the B-Side track by Eurythmics of the same name. Precious was featured in the pilot episode of ""ER"". It was featured also in the end of ""Jack & Sarah"" movie (1995) The song was"
"title Best Supporting Actress – Television Series before changing to its current title in 1980. Since its inception, the award has been given to 45 actresses. Laura Dern is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Renata Klein on ""Big Little Lies"". Valerie Bertinelli, Laura Dern, Faye Dunaway, and Polly Holliday have won the most awards in this category with two each. Rhea Perlman has been nominated for the award on six occasions, the most within the category. Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees: Golden Globe"
"a musical film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Latifah herself received the nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role, but lost to co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones. Latifah is one of five hip-hop/R&B artists to receive an Academy Award nomination in an acting category. The others are Will Smith (Best Actor, ""Ali"", 2001, and ""The Pursuit of Happyness"", 2006), Jennifer Hudson (Best Supporting Actress, ""Dreamgirls"", 2007), Jamie Foxx, (Best Actor, ""Ray"", and Best Supporting Actor ""Collateral"", both in 2004, also winning the first) and Mary J. Blige, (Best Supporting Actress, Mudbound. In 2003, she starred with Steve Martin"
"Comedy Album. In 2009, she received critical praise for her role as the abusive Mary Lee Johnston in the film ""Precious"" and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She hosted ""The Mo'Nique Show"", a late-night talk show that premiered in 2009 on BET; it was cancelled in 2011. In 2015, she received rave reviews for her performance as Ma Rainey in the HBO biopic ""Bessie"" and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Mo'Nique was born on December 11, 1967, in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of engineer Alice Imes and drug counselor Steven Imes, Jr. She"
"title of ""Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire"". At Sundance, it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama, as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo'Nique. After ""Precious""' screening at Sundance in January 2009, Tyler Perry announced that he and Oprah Winfrey would be providing promotional assistance to the film, which was released through Lionsgate Entertainment. ""Precious"" won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. The film's title was changed from ""Push"" to ""Precious: Based on the Novel ""Push"" by Sapphire"", to avoid confusion with the"
"won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the ""Evening Standard"" British Film Award for Best Actress, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, and tied with Ellen Burstyn in ""Same Time, Next Year"" for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role but lost to Jane Fonda in ""The China Syndrome"". Neil Simon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay but lost to Oliver Stone for ""Midnight Express"". He also was nominated for"
"BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (losing out to co-star Kate Winslet) and the Fat Lady in ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" (2001). Her final film was ""Is Anybody There?"" (2008) with Michael Caine, released shortly after her death. Spriggs's first two marriages, to Kenneth Spriggs and a fellow RSC actor, Marshall Jones, were dissolved. In 1977, she married her third husband, Murray Manson, a mini-cab driver and musician whom she had met while performing in ""London Assurance"". She had a daughter, Wendy, from her first marriage. Spriggs died on 2 July 2008 aged 78. Her"
"2009 taking top honors in the Best Picture, Best Director (Jason Reitman), Best Actor (George Clooney), and Best Screenplay (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner) categories. This was the only film to win more than one category for 2009 although ""Precious"" garnered a Best Actress (Mo'Nique) honor as well as the Russell Smith Award from the critics association. Along with the 11 ""best of"" category awards, the group also presented the Russell Smith Award to ""Precious"" as the ""best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"" of the year. The award is named in honor of late ""Dallas Morning News"" film critic Russell"
"masterful and thought-provoking performance that delivers the final ""push"" needed by Sidibe: ""The more Precious tries to get away from her mother, the more she's pulled back"". Roger Ebert, of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"", praised Mo'Nique and Sidibe's performances. Ebert described Mo'Nique's performance as being ""frighteningly convincing"" and felt that ""the film is a tribute to Sidibe's ability to engage our empathy"" because she ""completely creates the Precious character."" He noted that Carey and Patton ""are equal with Sidibe in screen impact."" Ebert praised Daniels because rather than casting the actors for their names, ""he was able to see beneath the"
"Actress in a Supporting Role and Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). It was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Sound Mixing (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis), but lost all the categories to ""Titanic"". Basinger tied for the Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture with Gloria Stuart from ""Titanic"" at the 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. ""TIME"" magazine ranked ""L.A. Confidential"" as the best film of 1997. The National"
"(1957). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1959 for the film ""Separate Tables"" (1958), as a lonely hotel manageress and mistress of Burt Lancaster. She remained uncompromising in her indifference to film stardom, as evidenced by her surprising reaction to her Oscar win: ""Never mind the honour, cold hard cash is what it means to me."" She received a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the domineering, possessive mother in ""Sons and Lovers"" (1960). She reprised her London stage role in the southern gothic ""Toys in the Attic"" (1963), which earned her a"
"film adaptation of ""Fences"", for which she received critical acclaim and her third Academy Award nomination, making her the first black actress in history to achieve this feat. She subsequently went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. On January 6, 2017, Davis was presented with the 2,597th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by her ""Doubt"" co-star and friend Meryl"
"""is a spectacular young actress who imbues Patsey with grit and radiant grace"". Nyong'o was nominated for several awards for ""12 Years a Slave"", including a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, including Best Supporting Actress, which she won. She was also awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the sixth black actress to win the award. She is the first African actress to win the award, the first Kenyan actress to win an Oscar, and the first Mexican to win"
"Supporting Actress. This marked the first instance where the portrayal of an Academy Award-winning actress itself won an Academy Award. Hepburn won four Academy Awards, the record number for a performer, and a total of 12 Oscar nominations for Best Actress—a number surpassed only by Meryl Streep. Hepburn also holds the record for the longest time span between first and last Oscar nominations, at 48 years. She received two awards and five nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, one award and six nominations from the Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe nominations, two Tony Award nominations, and awards from the"
"chemistry. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than US$313 million worldwide. Connelly had the chance to meet the real Alicia Nash before starting shooting and learned more about her life. For her portrayal, Connelly earned a Golden Globe, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. ""Time"" magazine critic Richard Schickel called her performance ""luminous"" and the actress intelligent and passionate. Roger Ebert wrote, ""...Jennifer Connelly is luminous as Alicia. Although the showier performance belongs to Crowe, it is Connelly's complex work, depicting a woman torn by"
"nomination for the role. Surprisingly though, it was Mare Winningham who received an Oscar nomination (as well as an Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild nomination) as Best Supporting Actress, while Leigh was overlooked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Speaking to ""MetroActive"" magazine, Winningham said: “I felt incredibly honored and touched to be nominated...But it was hard to be separated from Jennifer, because she was the heart and soul of that film. While we were making the movie, I thought not only that she would get a nomination, but that she would win. I saw"
"can change her life's direction. Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily life by escaping into daydreams in which she is loved and appreciated. Inspired by her new teacher, Blu Rain (Paula Patton), Precious finally learns to read and write. She meets sporadically with social worker Ms. Weiss (Mariah Carey), who learns about the rape in the household when Precious reveals who fathered her children. While Precious is in the hospital giving birth to her second child, Abdul, she meets John McFadden (Lenny Kravitz), a nursing assistant who shows her kindness. Upon returning home, her mother carelessly drops"
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Gale Sondergaard was the first winner of this award for her role in ""Anthony Adverse"". Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, winners received full-sized"
"Julia Roberts Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards (out of eight nominations) and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for her film acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in ""Erin Brockovich"" (2000). Her films have collectively brought box office receipts of over US$2.8 billion, making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts. Her most successful films"
"Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's ""Mighty Aphrodite"" (1995). She also starred in the films ""Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"" (1997), ""Mimic"" (1997), ""Lulu on the Bridge"" (1998), ""The Replacement Killers"" (1998), ""Summer of Sam"" (1999), and ""Like Dandelion Dust"" (2009). She received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in ""Norma Jean & Marilyn"" (1996), and a Golden Globe nomination for her role in ""Human Trafficking"" (2005). Sorvino was born in"
"Worst Supporting Actor (Hayden Christensen), Worst Supporting Actress (Natalie Portman), Worst Screen Couple (Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman) and Worst Remake or Sequel. It took home two awards for Worst Screenplay (George Lucas) and Worst Supporting Actor (Hayden Christensen). The film grossed $310,676,740 in North America and $338,721,588 overseas for a worldwide total of $649,398,328. Though a huge financial success, it was nevertheless overshadowed by the even greater box-office success of """" three years earlier. It was not the top-grossing film of the year, either in North America (where it finished in third place) or worldwide (where it was fourth),"